Already. Enough and the vote counting on the action of syria begins this week. The road map starts with microsoft buying nokias hand business. A former executive there rejo rejoining the company and seen as a potential replacement for Steve Ballmer. And the Third Largest deal in corporate history, verizon paying 130 billion to buy out their venture. We will speak to the ceo in a few minutes. And a global data and continuing pause in syria have the markets poised to open sharply higher. After two years of striking a windows partnership with nokia, microsoft has agreed to acquire the handphone business. Also, stephen elop will be returning to microsoft, and this is what Steve Ballmer had to say about it earlier this morning on the New York Stock Exchange. We need to make shure that the microsoft acquisition goes flawlessly and not sustain the momentum, but accelerate. We know how the Work Together with the partnership, and we are glad to have stephen come back to microsoft, and much of t
Price youll pay for things like beef and lettuce. All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for thursday, january 16th. Good evening, everyone. A mississiperable day for invesn best. The Worlds Largest Electronics Retailer didnt live up to its name when it comes to its stock. It plunged almost 30 today. Investors dumped the shares after the Company Reported it had poor sales during the Holiday Shopping season, saying it suffered from heavy competition and deep discountsing. Hotselling products were in short supply. Smartphone sales were slow. And with so many people shopping online, fewer people came into its stores. Sales fell nearly 1 instead of rising. Courtney reagan spoke with best buys ceo and has more on whats next for the struggling retailer. Reporter best buy shares gained a staggering 240 in 2013. As wall street began to put stock nuts turn around strategy. But today best buy shed more than 3. 5 billion in market cap value after revealing a bummer of a Holiday Seas